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Apr 14, 2024 · Search for: 'Sigismund' in Oxford Reference ». (1368–1437)Holy Roman Emperor (1411–37), king of Hungary (1387–1437), Germany (1411–37), Bohemia (1419–37), and Lombardy (1431–37), the last emperor of the House of Luxemburg. In 1396 he was defeated by the Turks at Nicopolis but went on to acquire and secure a large number of ...
Jan 19, 2013 · This is a biography of Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368-1437), who was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, King of the Romans (Germany), King of Italy, and King of Bohemia. He was the son of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and the younger brother of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia.
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Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia (jure uxoris) from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437, as well as prince-elector of Brandenburg (1378–1388 and 1411–1415).
In 1515 Sigismund entered an alliance with Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Maximilian acknowledged the provisions of the Second Peace of Toruń , and Sigismund consented to the marriage of the children of his brother, Uladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary, with the grandchildren of Maximilian.
Apr 25, 2021 · 31-3-1387 - 9-12-1437. Followed by. Albert. Sigismund (February 14, 1368 ? December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor for 4 years from 1433 until 1437, and the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also one of the longest ruling Kings of Hungary and Croatia, reigningfor 50 years from 1387 to 1437. Sigismund was one of driving forces ...
Depiction of King Sigismund of Hungary from the mid-15th century. Introduction: In their chapter-length account of Sigismund’s visit to England in 1416, James Hamilton Wylie and William Templeton Waugh remark that, though this was the first and only visit by a Holy Roman Emperor to England during the Middle Ages, aside from an immediate ...
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. Contents. 1 Biography. 1.1 Early life. 1.2 King of Hungary. 1.2.1 Crusade of Nicopolis. ... 4 Historiography and cultural depictions of ...
